The second and third goals owed a lot to luck as both were
big deflections from Iwobi shots but we were good value and there was no luck in the fourth as Alexis produced a fantastic finish.
Ander Herrera had a ludicrous amount of space on the edge of the box to score the hosts» third goal, via
a big deflection from Laurent Koscielny, as the Arsenal midfield disappeared.
Not exact matches
We had to come
from behind though, as a
big deflection off Per Mertesacker gave Benfica an early lead against the run of play, but not for long.
Arsenal roared back and were soon ahead
from a well taken brace by Theo Walcott, with new signing Kollasinac playing a key role in both, but then a comedy of errors at the back
from Mertesacker and young Maitland - Niles presented another chance and after another
big deflection we were level again.
The winger cut in
from the right to beat keeper Ben Williams
from just inside the area with a shot that took a
big looping
deflection off Andy Halliday.
It is unlikely Johann Berg Gudmundsson's shot
from distance was going to trouble Courtois unduly, but then it took a
big deflection off Barnes and found the bottom corner.